Create a video thumbnail for a video. - Android Graphics

Android examples for Graphics:Bitmap Thumbnail

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Description

Create a video thumbnail for a video.

Demo Code

/*// ww  w. j ava  2 s .c o  m
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import java.io.FileDescriptor;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.ContentUris;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Matrix;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
import android.provider.BaseColumns;
import android.provider.MediaStore.Images;
import android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails;
import android.util.Log;

public class Main{
    /**
     * Create a video thumbnail for a video. May return null if the video is
     * corrupt.
     *
     * @param filePath
     */
    public static Bitmap createVideoThumbnail(String filePath) {
        Bitmap bitmap = null;
        final MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
        try {
            retriever
                    .setMode(MediaMetadataRetriever.MODE_CAPTURE_FRAME_ONLY);
            retriever.setDataSource(filePath);
            bitmap = retriever.captureFrame();
        } catch (final IllegalArgumentException ex) {
            // Assume this is a corrupt video file
        } catch (final RuntimeException ex) {
            // Assume this is a corrupt video file.
        } finally {
            try {
                retriever.release();
            } catch (final RuntimeException ex) {
                // Ignore failures while cleaning up.
            }
        }
        return bitmap;
    }
}

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